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How to Use Netplwiz.exe to Create or Remove User Accounts

Netplwiz allows you to easily manage user accounts on your PC

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Updated onFebruary 20, 2024

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Netplwiz.exe is an efficient tool designed to manage user accounts on Windows 11. You can also modify the user membership from standard to administrator or guest using this applet.

This utility allows users with multiple accounts on a single computer to assign different profiles, such as Standard user, Administrator, or Guest. Its versatility makes it an essential component of any computer’s security.

How can I use netplwiz.exe to manage user accounts?

How can I use netplwiz.exe to manage user accounts?

1. Create or remove a user account

2. Reset your password with Netplwiz

As you can see, it’s pretty simple to reset any account’s password with this tool.

3. How to manage users with netplwiz.exe

Exploring the possibility ofenabling auto logins in Windowscould provide you with a faster way to access your PC, so you might want to try that.

We already talked about this tool in ourno checkbox in netplwizguide, so you might want to check it out for more information.

What do you use this applet for? Let us know by dropping a comment down below.

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Loredana Harsana

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Loredana is a passionate writer with a keen interest in PC software and technology. She started off writing about mobile phones back when Samsung Galaxy S II was on top of the world and she fell in love with tech of all sorts.

Whenever she’s not at her work desk, you’ll find her enjoying refreshing tea flavors, spilling stories on paper, and listening to the radio.

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Loredana is a tech enthusiast who tackles mobility, privacy, and networking in easy-to follow guides for everyone.